[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.145]

[Page 358-359]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS 
IN FOOD--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Specific Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.145  Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for combined residues of 
the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite 
(sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following agricultural 
commodities:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
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Apricot......................................................          7
Blackberry...................................................          7
Blueberry (huckleberry)......................................          7
Boysenberry..................................................          7
Broccoli.....................................................          7
Brussels sprouts.............................................          7
Cabbage......................................................          7
Cauliflower..................................................          7
Collards.....................................................          7
Cranberry....................................................          7
Cucumber.....................................................          7
Dewberry.....................................................          7
Eggplant.....................................................          7
Fruit, citrus................................................          7
Grape........................................................          7
Kale.........................................................          7
Kohlrabi.....................................................          7
Lettuce......................................................          7
Loganberry...................................................          7
Melon........................................................          7
Nectarine....................................................          7
Peach........................................................          7
Pepper.......................................................          7
Plum, prune, fresh...........................................          7
Pumpkin......................................................          7
Raspberry....................................................          7
Squash, summer...............................................          7
Squash, winter...............................................          7
Strawberry...................................................          7
Tomato.......................................................          7
Youngberry...................................................          7
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    (2) Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the 
insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium 
aluminum fluoride) in or on the commodities as follows:

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                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   revocation
                                                   million       date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Potato..........................................        2.0   11/21/2001
Potato, waste from processing...................       22.0   11/21/2001
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    (3) Temporary tolerances are established for residues of fluoride 
resulting from the postharvest treatment with sulfuryl fluoride. The 
tolerances are measured and expressed as ppm of fluoride. Total residues 
of fluoride in or on raisins from the use of cryolite on grape, 
addressed in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or sulfuryl fluoride on 
raisins shall not exceed the tolerance list in the following table.

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                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   Revocation
                                                   million       Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grape, raisin...................................       30.0       9/1/06
Walnut..........................................       12.0       9/1/06
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

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    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional 
registration, as defined by Sec. 180.1(n), are established for the 
combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds, cryolite and 
synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride), in or on the following 
raw agricultural commodities:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiwifruit....................................................         15
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    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[54 FR 6916, Feb. 15, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 26689, May 5, 1993; 62 
FR 64301, Dec. 5, 1997; 63 FR 57073, Oct. 26, 1998; 64 FR 4311, Jan. 28, 
1999; 67 FR 5740, Feb. 7, 2002; 67 FR 49615, July 31, 2002]